Improved mangle



' To all whom it may eoncerm,

i drawings, forming spending parts. f

WILLIAM nanotiinin,` er RAHvvAY,'NnW JERSEY;

IMPROVE-e MANGLE.: y

`-. Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 16,263, dated February 7, 1865.

Be it known .that I, WILLIAM RADBOURNE, of Bahway, inthe countyof'Union and State of New Jersey, have i'nvented'a new end 'linproved Mangle; andl -I do hereby `ldeclare g that vtheffollowing is a full, clear, and exact,A

description thereof, which will enable'those skilled inthe artI to make and use the saine,A reference being had to. the `.acco'nipanyingt part of y this s speeifitaition,L

lin' whichl y Figure 1 represen-ts v'a.longitudinalvertical section of this'invention, the lineare-Fig. 2,.

transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the plane indicated byl the-linefg/yflig. 1.

Similar letters o f reference indicate corre- This invention relates -tofa mangle the lower rolleianf wllelrbns its-bearrnnsnn frietien-'rollers, while its upper roller is pressed down by' the .action of a semi elliptic spring and thumbscrew in such a manner that one sprin g and screw is suilicient for both'ends of said roller, 'and that by the action of the frictiolr rollers the power requisite to operate the mangle is: materially reduced. Y The frame of my vman gles provided with two'li'in ged tables-one on either side ofthe rollers-and provided with f hinged legsinsucli a manner that when the' fmangle isnot usedisaid tables caribe readily Afturned down ont of thefway,.and when theK same is used one or both tables can be turnednp in'stantaneouslyvandthe clothes are run vthroiuegh the rollers with great convenience.

yA represents` a frame, made of wood or other suitablematerial, 'and composed of two cndpieces,'l3, which are connected to each other by longitudinal connecting-pieces a b on top and bottom.- The endjpieces or standards,

B, Vform the guidesffor the boxes c, in,` -which-the gudgeons .of .the upper .pressingrollers, C, have their bearings, and they areA pror'fidedA with cavities d, -to receive the fric 1 tion-rollers e, supporting .the'gudgeons of'. the

lower roller, C', lThe' boxes c slide up and down in suitable slotsin the standards' B, 'and they are vexposed to the action of a semi' elliptical spring,^]), which extends from one oi' said boxes tothe other, and thetension of whichis regulated byla thumb-screw, e', as" clearly shown in Fignfl of the drawings.

The' friction-rollers which `support the gndg- :the -power reqnisitetoturnthe machine is materiallyreducedh an item-which is of great im'- portance when it is considered that mangles generally have to be operatedby the' female port-ion of `the community# Without the friction-rollers the use'offthe spring D Wouldlbef impracticabla because in thatl case therollers :would hardly be compressed with sufficient Aforce to produce a good result without increasing` the friction to such an extent that the mangle' would-not be'successfully worked ,by one person.

The clothes to .be exposed to the rollers are -fed in over a table,'E,l which is hinged to one Asideof the frame A, and they arereceived on another similar table, E', hinged to the opposite side of .the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. ..2 Ofjflhe. .d ra vsiiiias..V 'lhesetahles when in working position are supportedbylegs F FQ? which are connected to them by meansiof hinges, so that they can be readily turned down of the tables is shown' in working position and vthe .other is turneddown. -By this arrange- :-'ment"-the mangleca-nafbe easily and expedi tiously rigged upready for-working, and when "net used the tables-'cari be quickly, .turned downfout of theway', and the bulk of the inachneisthereby materially reduced.

' This mangleis so constructed that it can readily be. managed by any person `ot` ordinary understand-ing. 'All its 'parts' arewso enstructed-thatthey do not readily get out 1 of order, and by the` action of the rollers the clothes are rendered smooth, the saine as by ironing.

I claim as new and desire -tofsecure by Letters Patentelliptical -spring D 4acting simultaneously on Aboth boxes of tv eroller C, in `combination with friction-rollers e, supporting the `Witnesses J oHN L. YOUNG, Janus BoLAND.

cons of the -Iower roller C are mounted 011 The application' to a mongie of the se1ni- 

